26 March 2012

Orwell and Drones, part II

In related news:

“It’s really the legal obstacles in the U.S. that seem insurmountable at this time,” said Star Simpson, one of the three co-founders of TacoCopter, an unmanned flying machine designed to deliver tacos anywhere in the San Francisco Bay area, when talking about the technological and legal hurdles faced by the young company.

Simpson continued: "On the other hand, it’s a little bit ironic that this is the case in a country where you can be killed by a drone with no judicial review.”